Where the hot flush is burning. We retrace

All early time in dreams; and hear the low,

Deep cadences of prayer, and press the hand

That led us to our happy slumbers then.

We look on riper seasons with the eye

That painted them all sunshine, and forget

That we have found them shadows; and we trust

Life’s broken reed as lightly, and repeat

Our first young vow as movingly, again.

Such dreams refresh the feelings, like a pure